Good Morning!  Today we feature highlighted articles from the second half of February and are excited to announce a national campaign with Dress for Success!


Highlighted Articles
 
Sallie Krawcheck: This Is the Future of Work - Fortune 2/29/16
Sallie Krawcheck, once a Wall Street titan and now a serial entrepreneur, has long been an important member of Fortune's Most Powerful Women community. So it's fitting that we will kick off each of our six 2016 MPW events with an exclusive piece from Krawcheck. Her first in the series reflects on what she calls her "four careers," and explains why we should all expect to experience a number of thrilling and unexpected pivots throughout our working lives.
 
How Paid Re-Entry Programs Can Get More Women In Tech - Fast Company 2/25/16
Seven global engineering and tech companies (IBM, Intel, General Motors, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cummins, Caterpillar, and Johnson Controls) are piloting re-entry, paid internship programs for people who have taken career breaks of two years or longer. These organizations plan to offer some of these interns permanent positions when the 12-week program ends.

The Valley Pushes for Diversity...on the Street - Bloomberg 2/18/16
On the prospectus for $7 billion of Intel bonds issued in July 2015, the top billing was unsurprising: the banking powerhouses Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Then, in small print, came two lesser-known underwriting firms: Lebenthal & Co. and Williams Capital Group. Not exactly titans of Wall Street. So what were they doing there?
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Voices: Building Connections With Professional Women
 - WSJ 2/17/16
Adviser Zaneilia Harris targets successful women who may be going through a transition, such as a divorce.
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Raise Your Hand For A Raise! 5 Ways To Get The Salary You Deserve - Inc. 2/16/16
So you think you're due for a raise. You've been with your company for years and do pretty solid work, your boss likes you, you're a good coworker, and everyone knows it. You've done the math and have calculated that you should be making more money than you currently do.
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The Maddening Reason Women Have Lower Credit Scores Than Men - Refinery29 2/13/16
As if there weren't already enough reason to be annoyed by the wage gap, there's another consequence you may not have realized. Women have lower average credit scores (621) than men (630), according to analysis by CreditSesame.com.

Swiss bank UBS looks to address gender gap in pay review - sources - Reuters 2/10/16
Swiss bank UBS AG is looking at the relative pay of men and women in its investment banking arm as part of its compensation review, and is taking steps to close any significant gaps, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Featured Video

Melinda Gates' advice to girls: 'Use your voice and you can affect change'

The most rewarding part of my job is meeting women and girls from all over the world who are striving for the same goal: a good life for themselves and their families. Their courage and ingenuity against long odds is all the evidence I need that equality for women and girls must be my top priority.
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"Reciprocal Relationships between Men and Women: A Critical Issue"

Chapter 6 from the book "The Myth of Work Life Balance" by Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis, and Rhona Rapoport delves into the dynamics of reciprocity between men and women, and the important role it plays in women's success, not only in the workplace, in order for true gender equality to exist.
STA Women in Finance & Dress for Success

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Dress for Success! And hope you join us to launch our national campaign in April.

Save the Date
April 21, 2016
NYC

Our inaugural event will launch in NYC with additional events from our Affiliates to follow!  We are very excited to be partnering with Dress for Success at a national level.  We hope that you will join us on this philanthropic campaign and meet fellow industry friends as well!

Details to come.

About Dress for Success
Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
 
Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to almost 150 cities in 20 countries and has helped more than 850,000 women work towards self-sufficiency.
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